The ever lovely Kristin and I took a trip up to Manhattan this Thursday, April 10, to attend a conference on a subject of interest to me: free speech and what's become known as "libel tourism".
Currently certain groups ... usually terrorist affiliated ... attack authors working in the US by suing for libel in countries that have libel laws less friendly to First Amendment principles. They then utilize the growing forces and loopholes created by the "global" economy to intimidate publishing companies and force them to retract and destroy books they find offensive.
The conference was directed to both an overview of the subject, as well as a review of possible solutions.
The conference took place at the Princeton Club on West 43rd Street in Manhattan.
Here's Kristin having an in depth discussion with one of the speakers at the conference: Ezra Levant, the founder of "The Western Standard", a conservative Canadian news magazine. In 2006 the Western Standard became the only Canadian media outlet to publish the infamous Danish cartoons. Using their now familiar tactic of legal intimidation, he was then attacked by Islamic groups for "discrimination". Instead of the Canadian Government simply asserting his right to a free press, he is actually currently under investigation by that Gov't through their Orwellian monikered "Human Rights Commissions".
He's a real mench.
Robert Bork was there also for the final Panel of the day: What's to Be Done? Legislative Opportunities and Pitfalls.
Here's the obligitory Times Square photo op.
We also paid a call on Clotie and Louisa while we were there:
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